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TEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, January 19, 19S8 IHtelp aft omios j iv-ln vpa &iAl4 '.: j : '. ' , J i'f; ti X ' - i ,vf 4-1 ; FLAG - USED - Colleen Learn, Jackson school sixth grade '- member of the school safety patrol, holds one of the older " models of flags used by Medford safety patrol units. The flag - consists of a standard stop sign mounted on a pole. New flag equipment, recently issued, consists of a yellow slow flag ' made of reflector cloth mounted on a pole. The flags are not used by many Medford patrols as most major intersections have traffic signals installed. FULL-TIME HELPERS Safety Patrol Executive Lt. Thomas LeFaive and Capt. Ronald McGuire show Patrolgirl Colleen Learn' the full-time patrol members used by Jackson school. The standards, "Sammys',, are used by most Medford schools 'as caution signs to motorists. They are mounted in the street by patrol members before school each day and are taken in each evening after school children have left for home. Patrol advisors said posting and storing the Sammys are assigned to the boys because of their weight. The three youths pic tured are in the sixth grade at Jackson school. ft iJOv-? '-;ywiaf , INSTRUCTIONS Roosevelt School Principal John Child ers gives last minute instructions Safety Patrol Officer Janine Lusk before she takes her duty station at the Main st. and Lindley ave. school crossing. Janine works as one of two students on the Roosevelt school patrol unit who help the early-dismissed first graders across the heavy-traveled intersections near the school. PatrcJ. members used for the special duty only are on duty for less than 15 minutes for the younger children while regular patrol members serve about 30 minutes per shift. , " -r You May Borrow From Crater Finance Corp. For any Worthwhile Purpose and Repay in Convenient Monthly Installments. Frank Wilkinson Manager 135 Pine Street Ph. NO 4-1273 CENTRAL POINT, OREGON Choose the Terms Most Suitable to You . . . Up to 24 Months! LOANS "MAY BE PAID IN ADVANCE ON IN FULL AT ANY TIME. Safely Patrol Was !j Organized in '47 At Local School By HAL LESSER Mail Tribun Staff Writer The Medford city police have more than 135 grade school youths who assist them in making school crossings safe for students walking to and from school each morn ing, noon and evening on school days. The youths are members of the school safety patrol. Seven of the eight Medford public schools and St. Mary's school have patrol units or ganized to protect students at street crossings. The eighth Medford grade school uses its safety patrol as a method of general supervision of stu dents' walking and bicycle riding habits in the school grounds area. The program for the patrol units was first established in 1947 by Clyde Fichtner, city police captain, at Roosevelt school. Prior to establishment several events . indicated a need for the program in the city, according to Fichtner. He said since the patrol has been in operation, no acci dents involving children walk ing to or from school have been reported at protected crossings. Before the patrol was organized, several acci dents were reported each year at school crossings. Patrol Equipment While on "duty," each school patrol officer is equip ped with a yellow "Sam Brown" belt, yellow fiber- board helmet and a yellow flag. If an automatic or "push button" traffic light is oper ated at the school crossing by a patrol member, no flags are carried. Yellow flags used by patrol members at crossings have "school" printed across them. When first put into operation, the patrol used red flags with "stop" printed on them. Fitch ner said the yellow caution flag was adopted because it is more easily seen and be cause it, when extended, does not mean a motorist neces sarily has to stop 'at all times. The yellow flag used by the patrol means the same thing as a yellow traffic light, Fitchner said. A motorist must use caution when seeing the yellow flag extended into the street by a patrol member, he explained. This means the driver must stop the car if he cannot proceed with cau tion through a school , cross ing intersection. When stu dents have cleared the car's lane of traffic, the drive may then proceed with caution, Fitchner said. Furnished by Stale The equipment used by the patrol officers is furnished by the 6tate department of motor vehicles and is ordered by the school's patrol advisor through Capt. Fischtner. In addition to flags, belts and helmets, raincoats of a yellow reflecting material also are furnished for use in poor weather and dark days. Some Medford schools use a street warning sign at cross ings. They are metal stand ards, called "Sammys," about four faet tall with a picture of a school safety patrol youth painted on both sides. The youth carries a sign which tells motorists they are approaching a "school .zone." In addition to the metal stand ards, traffic signals and patrol members, each school cross ing recently was marked with yellow paint by the public works department. When the 1 1 PRE-DUTY INSPECTION Lt. Thomas Le Faive of the Jackson school patrol, inspects two of his unit members before duty. He points out to Sherry Dwight (left) that she had put on her Sam-Brown belt in the wrong manner. Patrolgirl Jean Grigsby - PROTECTS CROSSING Roosevelt school Patrolgirl Terry Jean Tibbott works each afternoon at the Academy pi. and Reddy st. crossing east of the school. The crossing is little traveled but could be dangerous to younger children because of the number of TALK OVER PROBLEMS Jackson school safety patrol Advisor Paul Gandt talks over problems of running the 18 student unit, with Patrol Captain Ronald McGuire, sixth grade student. Jackson school is one of several which has a fairly large patrol unit supervised by student officers as well as teacher-advisors. Ronald and other student officials of the patrol check each member before he goes on duty at one of Jackson school's two crossings. crossings begin to show signs of fading, they are repainted at once, Fichtner replied. 16 Crossings Protected About 16 crossings in the Medford city limits are pro tected by the youths, accord ing to school records. Each school has a different type of patrol unit which is designed (for the best protection of the ! students, school officials said, j Some schools have patrol j members on duty before ! school hours while other ! schools also have a special de i tail of patrol members who ! act as an "escort service" to younger students dismissed : early, i Each school's unit has an : advisor which acts as a gen eral supervisor and instructor ; for the program. Some schools . also have student officers in , the patrol whose job is to ; supervise certain portions of ; the program. The ranking of I ficers are usually elected by the patrol with the approval : of the advisors. 1 25 Patrol Members A few schools have more than 25 patrol members while : others have less than five, de pending upon .their needs, j i school advisors noted. Some schools work their officers each day while others, with j larger numbers, rotate jobs so' ! a youth may work one day per week and give others an opportunity to take part in . the program. Regular meetings are held for patrol members in most' schools with large numbers of patrol officers. Members dis cuss problems of enforcement, learn new methods and hear from their advisor on how ef fective their unit is compared with other schools. The most crossing protected each day by the patrol in one school is St. Mary's, which staffs four crossings, or about one-fifth of the total cross ings, each day during morn ing, lunch and evening. School Program The school program, form erly called the "school boy safety patrol" is now known as the "school safety patrol" since several schools are now using girls in addition to boys. Several girls active in the units are in some cases more safety minded than boys, an informal telephone survey indicated. Few violations of school safety rules have been re ported by patrol members, of ficials report. They said rare ly does a patrol member re port to his advisor or prin cipal that a youth has dis obeyed a patrol member and acted in an unsafe manner with his bicycle or while walking. The offending youth is usually talked to by the advisor and if the safety violation is considered serious enough, a fine of not bringing his bicycle to school for a certain period may be im posed. Annual Dinner Each year a dinner is held (center) seems to pass Thomas' inspection. Girls take an active part in safety patrol duty and most units include a large per centage. The girls have proven as good at the" job as boys and in some cases better, according to school officials. parents' cars passing through the intersec tion. Although Roosevelt school is several blocks from well-traveled crossings, park ing is a major problem during rain storms when cars line up waiting for children. for the safety patrol members in the city as a reward, ac cording to Fichtner. He said the program for this year will be held in late May or early June. A speaker on safety is normally featured at the din ners. A safety patrol pencil is also presented to each youth at the dinner. Police credit the outstand ing record of the patrol to the alertness of the youths. Po lice said they have found the patrol "most efficient" and have received several com ments from parents 'on the op erations of the patrol protect ing crossings. Medford schools winning awards for the school safety patrol units for outstanding achievement in school safety were listed in the October is sue of "Safety Education," a magazine for teachers and ad ministrators which" deals with school safety problems. Schools winning the seven year award were Jackson, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Wash ington. A three-year award went to McLoughlin Junior high school. A two-year award was given Hedrick Junior high school, and schools re ceiving first-year awards were Oak Grove and West Side. To receive the awards, schools must have to submit a check list of all phases of safety education carried on during the year and have a testimonial from a committee of local people formed to evaluate the school's pro gram. Klamath Air Base Construction Told Klamath Falls (TO The Air Force will spend S2,900, 000 for construction at Kings ley field here during 1958. it was announced Friday by Col. J. V. Etter, Air Force instal lations representative for the Pacific Northwest. Included in the appropria tion, he said, would be an air men's dormitory for 133 men and a base theater with floor area of 5974 square feet. Also to be built are navigational aids, .lighting, and a para chute shop. The public works office of the 13th Naval District in Seattle is in charge of design and will be construction agent for the Air Force. Conversational English Class Among Adult Courses Offered A class in conversational English is among classes be ing offered by the adult edu cation department of the Medford school system during the winter term. Classes will start the last week in Jan uary, according to Lindsey Vinsel, adult education direc tor. The conversational Eng lish class will consist of the fundementals of English with emphasis on conversation. The class, is designed for foreign born persons who wish to gain use of the fundementals of the English language, Vin sel said. Registration for winter term adult education classes will take place by telephone this week. . Interested adults have been asked to telephone SPring 3-5341. The purpose of advanced registration, Vinsel said, is to determine whether suffi cient adults are interested to hold the class. The classes are adult sel f-improvement courses and no school credit is given, he added. The following are courses offered, indicating the type of class, time, location, registration fee and in structor. CLOTHING Construtcion of cot ton dress or skirt and blouse. In structor asks that no materials or pattern be purchased until after the urst demonstration. 10-week course. Class 1. Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Armory aayroom. 9 a. m.-noon; S5; Mrs. Shirley Keid. Class 2, Wednesdays, Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.; room 340. Hed rick Junior high: So, Mrs. Dorothy Sneed. Class 3, Thursdays, Jan. 30, room 340, Hedrick; 7-10 p. m.; S5; Mrs. Reid. GARMENT ALTERATIONS De monstrations of basic principles of luting, altering a dress or suit. 10 week course. Class 1, Tuesdays, Jan. 28. 7-10 p. m.; room 340. Hed rick; S3; Mrs. Mollie McCaulley. Class 2. Thursdays. Jan. 20. 1-4 p. m Armory dayroom; So, Mrs. iviccauuey . TAILORING Making lined gar ment. Stuaents asked not to pur chase material or pattern until after instructor has had opportunity to advise them. 10-week course. Class 1, Mondays, Jan. 27, 7-9:45 p. m.: room 8, McLoughlin Junior High; ivirs. Jonnev Lamp. Class z Wednesdays. Jan. 29, 9 a. m.-noon; Armory dayroom: ao: Mrs. jYlccaui ley. Class 3, Thursdays, Jan. 30, 7- 9:4o p. in.; room b, McLoughlin; So; Mrs. Joanne weatherlord. ADVANCED SEWING TECH NIQUES Designed to give student confidence in step by step pro cesses. As time permits, special sew ing proDiems 01 individual class memoers will be analyzed and worked out. 12-week course. Meets Mondays, Jan. 27, Armory dayroom, 1-4 p. m.; S6; Mrs. Orma Franham. PaII'LRA MAKING Making mushn patterns fitted to individual lor shirtmaker type of dress, blouse or roDe. supplies neeoeo are regu lar sewing equipment, four yards of unbleached muslin, one yardstick and a red pencil. Eight-week course. Mondays and ihursaays, 7-10 p. m.; Jan. 27; room 15, Medford high; S8 Mrs. F arnham. LAMP SHADE Techniques of matting lamp snaaes lor tne nome bix-week course. Mondays and Thursdays, 9 a. m.-noon, Jan. 27 Armory dayroom; $6. ' Mrs. Farn ham. MILLINERY Covering buckram shapes, matting wire frames, flower hats, others. Eight-week course. leusdays. Jan. 28, -lu p. m.; room 15, Medford High; So; Mrs. Lucille Collins. CAKE DECORATION Simple decorations ana advances through three types of rocs, daffodils, lor-get-meyiots, pansies and wedding caKe decorations. Supplies: box for supplies, pencil, notebook, apron, small pieces of cloth for wiping pieces of cloth lor wiping finge.s, 3 butter spreaders or long thin knives, scissors, 2 small bowls, '.2 pint jar, 1 pint jar, toothpicks or pins, 1-pound package of powdered sugar, small round cake, iced white. 10-week course. Class 1, Mondays, Jan. 27, 7-10 p. m.; room 340, Hed rick Junior High; So; Mrs. Mildred Alder. Ciass 2, Tuesdays, Jan. 28. 1:30-430 p. m.; cafeteria, Medford High; So; Mrs. Alder. Class 3, Thursdays, Jan. 30, 7-9:45 p. m.; room 9, McLoughlin; $5; Mrs. Alder. GENERAL MATHEMATICS Aritnmetic computation, numbers. elementary algebra. 10-week course. 217, Medford High; $5; Marvin Kautz. ADVANCED MATHEMATICS Geometry, elementary trigonometry and slide rule. 10-week course. Tuesdays. Jan. 28. 7-9 p. m.; room 217, Medford High; S5; Marvin Kautz. CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH Fundamental of English with em phasis on conversation, designed for foreign born persons who wish to gain use of fundamentals of Eng lish language. 10-week course. Mondays and Thursdays, Jan. 27, I Fisiting Hours I ill 8 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. I Every day in the week j II ' Parking never a problem jj ill Other Memorial Services never interfere Conger-zM'orris '1 v WEST MAIN AT SIXTH yg ? II "Your TV Weatherman" i . I ll KBES-TV Monday Thru Friday ASHLAND MORTUARY ) 6:00 P.M. I ""d C Streets Ashland r ' YV ""tVTfl H . Member National Selected Morticians by Invitation iLjj 2-4 p. m.; room 37. McLoughlin; S3: Miss Annette Gary. BUSINESS LETTER WRITING Business forms and letters, includ ing study of sentence structure, punctuation, spelling, good usage, and vocabulary. 10-week course. Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-9 p. m.; room 244. Medford High; $5; Mrs. Edna Stewart. BEGINNING TYPING Learnine keyboard, gaining proficiency in typewriting 12-week course. Mon days and Thursdays. Jan. 27, 7-10 p. m.; room 231. Medford High; S10; Warren Brenner. BEGINNING BOOKKEEPING Fundamentals, including analyzing and recording business transactions, preparing financial statements, oth er items. Textbooks and paper may be obtained after first class meet ing. 10-week course. Mondays and Thursdays, Jan. 27, 7-9 p. m.; room 233. Meotord High; $10; Miss lier trude Fredrickson. BEGINNING SHORTHAND Theory and development of speed. lextoooK ana paper may De oo tained after first class session. 10 week course. Tuesdays and Thurs days. Jan. 28. 7-9 p. m.: room 232, Medford High: S10: Louis Mahar. riBLic speaking Speech or ganization, language improvement ana aenvery. io-weeK course, lues days. Jan. 28, 7:30-9:30 p. m.; room 329. Hedrick Junior High; S5; Jerry McDougall RADIO WORKSHOP Script writing, production, engineering. 10-week course. Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7:30-9:30 p. m.; at radio station KMED: S5: John Williams, KMED staff members. SPANISH Vocabulary develop ment for local, travel use. 10-week Six People Hurt In Two-Car Crash Six people were treated for injuries suffered in a two-car collision at Highway 99 and Birdseye Creek rd. about 4:45 p. m. Friday, according to state police. State police said a car op erated by Ira D. Childers, 68, of route 1, box 390, Gold Hill, was attempting to make a left turn from the northbound lane into Birdseye Creek rd. when he was struck head-on by a southbound car operated by Joseph J. Drucker, 39, of To ketee Falls. Childers was cited for failure to yield the right-of-way following the collision, police said. Childers suffered head cuts, chest and back injuries and Drucker suffered chest injur ies in the collision, police said. Passengers in the Drucker car: Edyth Drucker,. 30, suffered head cuts, chest and back in juries; Josie Drucker, 11, suf fered a broken arm and cuts; Joseph J. Drucker Jr., 10, suf fered leg cuts and Johnny Joe Drucker, 9, suffered minor cuts and bruises, police said. The group was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital by Med ford Ambulance service where all but Josie Drucker were re leased by Saturday evening, police said. Both cars were destroyed, police added. BUS BOY TACKLES THIEF Miami, Fla., (W A bus boy threw a flying tackle at a thief Wednesday and saved the day's receipts for the res taurant where he is employed. Police said Eddie Dowling, 30, was accompanying a wom an bookkeeper to the bank when two thugs approached. One seized the bag contain ing the money and fled, but Dowling sprinted after him and brought him down with a headlong dive. Two other suspects were captured a short time later. An arch of whalebones, commemorates the Falkland Islands' entry into the Brit ish family of nations, the Na tional Geographic magazine ; says. The arch, made from the jawbones of two sperm whales, overlooks the harbor at Stanley, the capital and only town of the island col ony in the South Atlantic. course. Class 1, begmmng. Mon days, Jan. 27. 7-10 p. m.; room 329. Hedrick; $5: Bert Villanueva. Class 2. intermediate. Thursdays, Jan. 30. 7-10 p. m.; room 329, Hedrick; $5; Bert Villanueva. MUSIC APPRECIATION Basic aspects of music appreciation from classical through modern idiom in cluding instrumental and vocal. Eight-week course. Tuesdays, Jan. 28. 750-9:30 p. m.; room 333, Hed rick Junior High: $5: Jerry Dvrud. BLUEPRINT READING Princi ples of reading interpretating blue prints and techniques of makinc stop sketches. 10-week course. Wed nesdays. Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.: room 21. Medford High: $5: Harold So- balle. MECHANICAL DRAWING Basic components, including lettering, ap plied geometry, perspective draw ing, orthographic projection and use of instruments. 10-week course. ivionaays, Jan. 27. 7-10 p. m.; room 18. Medford High; S5; Harold So balle. ART APPRECIATION General survey of great periods of painting. Six-week course. Mondavs, Jan. 27. 7:30-9:30 p. m.; room 14, Medford High: S3: Warren Wolf. DRAWING and SKETCHING Figure drawing and studv of per spective problems. Six-week course Class 1, Tuesdays, Jan. 28. 7:30 9:45 p. m.; room 7. McLoughlin Junior High; S3; Jack Teeters. Clasx 2. Thursdays, Jan. 30. 7:30-9:45 p. m.; room 7. McLoughlin; $3; Jack Teeters. WATER COLOR PAINTING Color theory, demonstrations, and experimentation in color. Eight week course. Tuesdavs, Jan. 28. 750-10 p. m.; room 306. Hedrick Junior High; $4; Miss Catherine Fonken. SCULPTURE Development of two or more designs in clay. Six week course. Thursdavs. Jan. 30. 730-10 p. m.; room 306, Hedrick Junior High; $4; Miss Catherine Fonken. INDUSTRIAL ARTS PROJECT Woodworking projects with instruc tion in hand and machine tool op erations, methods of construction and finishing techniques. 10-week course. Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.; industrial arts shop, Hedrick Junior High; S8.50; Duane Richard son. SHOW-CARD WRITING Basic types of lettering, alphabets, lay outs, and review. Six-week course. Class 1, beginning, Mondavs, Jan. 27. 730-9:30 p. m.: room 306. Hed rick: $3; Dick Walsh. Class 2. inter mediate, Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7:30 930 p. m.; room 306, Hedrick; $3; Dick Walsh. CHILDREN'S GAMES Group and self entertaining games for children between four and 12 years old. Five-week course. Thursdays, Jan. 30, 7-9 p. m.; room 226. Med ford High; $2; Miss Shelia Schuer man. FIGURINE and TEXTILE PAINT ING Designing stencils to apply to aprons and other materials. Six week course. Wednesdays. Jan. 29. 7:30-9:30 p. m.: room 7. McLough lin Junior High; S3; Mrs. Audrey Sims. BEGINNING PHOTOGRAPHY Use of camera equipment. 10-week course. Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-9:30 p. m.; room 235, Medford High; S8; Hal Carver. ROCKS and MINERALS Basic principles of geology with emphasis on methods of rock and mineral identification. 10-week course. Tuesdavs, Jan. 28, 7-10 p. m.: room 226. Medford High; S8; Norman Peterson. ELECTRIC ARC WELDING In struction, practice in flat, vertical and overhead welding. 10-week course. Class 1. Tuesdays, Jan. 28, 7-10 p. m.; welding shop, Medford High; S25; Del Bergman. Class 2. Thursdays. Jan. 30. 7-10 p. m.: welding shop, Medford High; $25; Del Bergman. DRIVER TRAINING Instruction in traffic laws, theory of safe driv ing, operation and care of car. Six week course. Daily, Monday through Fridav, Jan. 27, 4-5 p. m.; room 33, Medford High; S25; Hal Carver. NURSES AIDE COURSE Basic bedside nursing procedures, first aid measures and anatomy. 10-week course. Class 1, Tuesdays, Jan. 28, 7-10 p. m.; room 11. Medford High; So: Bertha Morrill. Class 2. Wednes days. Jan. 29. 7-10 p. m.: room II. Medford High; $5: Bertha Morrill. NUTRITION Nutrition and diet for different diseases, menu plan ning, figuring calories, balancing meals. 10-week course. Class 1. Tuesdays. Jan. 28. 7:30-9:30 p. m.; room 239. Medford High: $5; Mrs. Jane Little. Class 2. Thursdays. Jan. 30.-730-930 p. m.; room 239, Medford High, $5: Mrs. Jane LitUe. Daily's U-Drive t I a : iricuiwu miuuii in
